Everything Happens For A Reason

Everyone says "things happen for a reason". I, personally, absolutely abhor that saying. When you're having a crap day, and some yahoo comes up to you all "Everything happens for a reason :3", the only thing that you KNOW will happen is his face meeting your foot, am I right?

But lets think about it for a second! Things obviously happen because of some other thing that will lead to something further on, something nobody actually sees. Did that even make sense? Let me give you an example... When I was in grade 8, when my friends and I would go on MSN, we'd have these giant group conversation where you knew maybe 2 people in the 10 people conversation. One of these conversations did a lot for me, but I didn't think so at the time.

One guy, Patrick, ragged on me the entire conversation. Naturally, this upset me. I was very offended by his words and I'm not going to lie, he was a real douche. For some reason though, I added him anyways. Now guess what? He's one of my best friends, somebody I can tell anything to. He's also the reason (by extension) that I met my ex-boyfriend, and I wish he understood why I thanked him for it, especially since things with me and the ex went sour.

If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't know that guys that don't communicate/talk at all upset me. I can't be with a person that has trouble talking, even about simple stuff like "how was class?"

If it wasn't for that jerk I met 4 years ago, I may have made a big mistake later on. Not only that, but its this ex-boyfriend that left me feeling very confused about another good friend. I'm almost 98% sure that if it wasn't for my ex, this friend would have never told me about his feelings for me; and yeah, I did have a crush on him last year, but being a dumb high schooler, I ignored it practically convinced he just thought I was some crazy leadership girl not worth his time. Question is...do I feel the same now that I did then?

What do I do bloggers?

Peace&Love